* Environmental stress cracking, a cause of unexpected brittle failure of thermoplastic polymers

* Environmental stress fracture

* Environmental stress screening, in electronic hardware tests

Environmental triggers, such as losing a loved one, are known to contribute, as may excessive stress, or the interaction of strong social demands with a pre-existing vulnerability of self.

Another ASTM standard exists for quantitatively testing for the Hydrogen Embrittlement threshold stress for the onset of Hydrogen-Induced Cracking due to platings and coatings from Internal Hydrogen Embrittlement ( IHE ) and Environmental Hydrogen Embrittlement ( EHE )-F1624-06 Standard Test Method for Measurement of Hydrogen Embrittlement Threshold in Steel by the Incremental Step Loading Technique.

Environmental concerns are centered on disused water reservoirs which might not be able to withstand the stress of renewed waste inputs.

Another review published in 2005 by the Freiburg University Institute for Environmental Medicine found that " mercury from dental amalgam may lead to nephrotoxicity, neurobehavioural changes, autoimmunity, oxidative stress, autism, skin and mucosa alterations or non-specific symptoms and complaints ", that " Alzheimer's disease or multiple sclerosis has also been linked to low-dose mercury exposure ", and that " removal of dental amalgam leads to permanent improvement of various chronic complaints in a relevant number of patients in various trials.

* Environmental psychologists focus on stress reduction, which includes:

* Environmental stress cracking

Environmental ethics is concerned with questions such as the duties of humans towards landscapes or species.

Disposal of waste by simply dumping it at the shoreline such as here at the Russian Bellingshausen Island | Bellingshausen base is no longer permitted by the Protocol on Environmental Protection

The United States Department of Agriculture and its myriad agencies such as the Agricultural Marketing Service are the primary sources of regulatory activity, although other administrative bodies such as the Environmental Protection Agency play a significant regulatory role as well.

In addition to a number of other international organizations and institutions, such as the IUCN Environmental Law Center ( IUCN ELC ), the city currently hosts 18 United Nations institutions.

The decisions of the Supreme Court in cases such as Calvert Cliffs Coordinating Committee v. U. S. Atomic Energy Commission ( broadly reading the procedural requirements of the National Environmental Policy Act ), Tennessee Valley Authority v. Hill ( broadly reading the Endangered Species Act ), and, much more recently, Massachusetts v. EPA ( requiring EPA to reconsider regulation of greenhouse gases under the Clean Air Act ) have had policy impacts far beyond the facts of the particular case.

Groups such as the Sierra Club shifted focus from local issues to becoming a lobby in Washington and new groups, for example, the Natural Resources Defense Council and Environmental Defense, arose to influence politics as well.

Environmental skeptics have argued that the extent of harm coming from human activities is less certain than some scientists and scientific bodies claim, or that it is too soon to be introducing curbs in these activities on the basis of existing evidence, or that further discussion is needed regarding who should pay for such environmental initiatives.

Singer accepted a professorship in Environmental Sciences at the University of Virginia in 1971, a position he held until 1994, where he taught classes on environmental issues such as ozone depletion, acid rain, climate change, population growth, and public policy issues related to oil and energy.

Environmental changes resulting from modernization — such as more intellectually demanding work, greater use of technology and smaller families — have meant that a much larger proportion of people are more accustomed to manipulating abstract concepts such as hypotheses and categories than a century ago.

Environmental groups and NGOs were incorporated in the lending of the bank in order to mitigate the effects of the past that prompted such harsh criticism.

Padthaway Primary School is a school with lots of activities for students such as the Come out, SAPSASA, Youth Environmental Forum, pancake day, Student Young Leaders Day and school camp.

This provision of McCain-Feingold, sponsored by Maine Republican Olympia Snowe and Vermont Independent James Jeffords, as introduced applied only to for-profit corporations, but was extended to incorporate non-profit issue organizations, such as the Environmental Defense Fund or the National Rifle Association, as part of the " Wellstone Amendment ," sponsored by Senator Paul Wellstone.

It works closely with other agencies such as the Agency for International Development, the U. S. Department of State, and the Environmental Protection Agency, as well as with nonprofit development organizations, wildlife organizations, universities, and international assistance organizations.

With such declared policies as balancing the federal budget, a firm pro-choice stance on abortion, expansion of the war on drugs, ending outsourcing of jobs, opposition to gun control, belief in protectionism on trade, advocating the Environmental Protection Agency and enacting electronic direct democracy via " electronic town halls ," he became a potential candidate and soon polled roughly even with the two major party candidates.

The United States also passed new legislation such as the Clean Water Act, the Clean Air Act, the Endangered Species Act, and the National Environmental Policy Act-the foundations for current environmental standards.

Environmental law organizations exist all across the world, such as the Environmental Law and Policy Center in the midwestern United States.

For these reasons the U. S. Environmental Protection Agency ( EPA ) and various state agencies recommend use of alternative sediment control practices where possible, such as silt fences, fiber rolls and geotextiles.

Environmental engineers conduct hazardous-waste management studies to evaluate the significance of such hazards, advise on treatment and containment, and develop regulations to prevent mishaps.

Environmental engineers also design municipal water supply and industrial wastewater treatment systems as well as address local and worldwide environmental issues such as the effects of acid rain, global warming, ozone depletion, water pollution and air pollution from automobile exhausts and industrial sources.

The NiMH batteries are recommended for use in the Central Office ( CO ), Outside Plant ( OSP ), and at locations such as Controlled Environmental Vaults ( CEVs ), Electronic Equipment Enclosures ( EEEs ), huts, and in uncontrolled structures such as cabinets.

However, recent research published in Environmental Science & Technology, a publication of the American Chemical Society, suggests that many cases of feline hyperthyroidism are associated with exposure to environmental contaminants called polybrominated diphenyl ethers ( PBDEs ), which are present in flame retardants in many household products, in particular, furniture and some electronic products.

* Environmental justice is a movement that began in the U. S. in the 1980s and seeks an end to environmental racism and prevent low-income and minority communities from an unbalanced exposure to highways, garbage dumps, and factories.

Environmental medicine specialists claim MCS causes negative health effects in multiple organ systems, and respiratory distress, seizures, cognitive dysfunction, heart arrhythmia, nausea, headache, and fatigue can result from exposure to levels of common chemicals that are normally deemed as safe.

The reference dose, published by the United States Environmental Protection Agency in 1991, which recommends the estimated daily exposure which is unlikely to incur an appreciable risk of deleterious effects during a lifetime, is 5 µg / kg / d ; meaning 5 microgram of silver per kilogram of weight per person each day – about 1 litre of 10 ppm colloidal silver per month for a 66 kg person.

The reference dose, published by the United States Environmental Protection Agency in 1991, which recommends the estimated daily exposure that is unlikely to incur an appreciable risk of deleterious effects during a lifetime, is 5 µg / kg / d ; meaning 5 micrograms of silver per kilo of weight per person each day – about 1 liter of 10 ppm colloidal silver per month for a 66 kg person.

In May 2011 the Environmental Risk Management Authority ( ERMA ) introduced new rules for its use which restrict the level of public exposure to the fumigant, set minimum buffer zones around fumigation sites, provide for notification to nearby residents and require users to monitor air quality during fumigations and report back to ERMA each year.

Environmental controls are used to monitor and control temperature, humidity and light exposure of storage areas.

Environmental factors including exposure to recreational drugs can potentially interfere with the in utero brain development of a fetus.

:* Environmental epidemiology studies the relationship between environmental exposures ( including exposure to chemicals, radiation, microbiological agents, etc.

The United States Environmental Protection Agency ( EPA ) has concluded that available data are inadequate to quantify health risks of MTBE at low exposure levels in drinking water, but that the data support the conclusion that MTBE is a potential human carcinogen at high doses.

When the California Environmental Protection Agency conducted a five-year review of the law in 1992, it found that " By federal standards, Proposition 65 has resulted in 100 years of progress in the areas of hazard identification, risk assessment, and exposure assessment.

** Childhood exposure to Environmental Tobacco Smoke is associated with an increased risk of the development of adult-onset Atopic dermatitis.

Environmental tobacco smoke can be evaluated either by directly measuring tobacco smoke pollutants found in the air or by using biomarkers, an indirect measure of exposure.

The Greenguard Environmental Institute ( corporately styled " GREENGUARD ") is an industry-independent organization that aims to protect human health and improve quality of life by enhancing indoor air quality and reducing people ’ s exposure to chemicals and other pollutants.

The first report to draw a relationship between race, income, and risk of exposure to pollutants was the Council of Environmental Quality ’ s " Annual Report to the President " in 1971.

* Environmental illness ( multiple chemical sensitivity ), a chronic medical condition characterized by symptoms that the affected person attributes to exposure to low levels of chemicals

The Environmental Protection Agency believes that human exposure to contaminants and contaminated groundwater migration are under control.

On 22 March 2008, a report for the " Tamil Nadu Pollution Board " prepared by the Nagpur-based " National Environmental Engineering Research Institute " found that residents of the SIPCOT area of Cuddalore were at least 2000 times more likely than their counterparts to contract cancer in their lifetimes due to exposure to high levels of toxic gases from chemical industries in the region.

Mortality from diesel soot exposure in 2001 was at least 14, 400 out of the German population of 82 million, according to the official report 2352 of the Umweltbundesamt Berlin ( Federal Environmental Agency of Germany ).

Furthermore, a study published in Environmental Health Perspectives provides new evidence that exposure to paper dust and carbonless copy paper in office work are related to increased risk of adult-onset asthma.

Many governmental agencies, the most notable ones being the United States Environmental Protection Agency ( EPA ), the United States Food and Drug Administration ( FDA ), Health Canada, and the European Union Health and Consumer Protection Directorate-General, as well as the World Health Organization ( WHO ) and the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization ( FAO ), have issued guidance for fish consumers that is designed to limit methylmercury exposure from fish consumption.

* Environmental damage such as that caused by sun or cold exposure

Environmental causes involving exposure to PCBs ( ex. dioxin ), radiation, anticancer chemotherapeutic agents, allergy and toxic epidermal necrolysis after drug.